ArticleBMC public health2007
Are there differences in birth weight between neighbourhoods in a Nordic welfare state?
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- The social determinants of infant mortality and birth outcomes in Western developed nations: a cross-country systematic review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Pooled it
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- Influence of neighbourhood purchasing power on breastfeeding at four months of age: a Swedish population-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Wealth status, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and antenatal care (ANC) are determinants for low birth weight in Kersa, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2012Article
- The interplay of variants near LEKR and CCNL1 and social stress in relation to birth size.PloS one · 2012Article
- Neighborhood conditions are associated with maternal health behaviors and pregnancy outcomes.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2011Article
- Recent immigration and adverse pregnancy outcomes in an urban setting in Spain.Maternal and child health journal · 2011Article
- Individual accumulation of heterogeneous risks explains perinatal inequalities within deprived neighbourhoods.European journal of epidemiology · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this cohort study was to examine the effect on birth weight of living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in a Nordic welfare state. Birth weight is a health indicator known to be sensitive to political and welfare state conditions. No former studies on urban neighbourhood differences regarding mean birth weight have been carried out in a Nordic country.
methodsA register based on individual data on children's birth weight and maternal risk factors was used. A neighbourhood characteristic, i.e. an aggregated measure on income was also included. Connections between individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants and the outcome were analysed using multi-level regression technique. The study covered six hundred and ninety-six neighbourhoods in the three major cities of Sweden, Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö, during 1992-2001. The majority of neighbourhoods had a population of 4 000-10 000 inhabitants. An average of 500 births per neighbourhood were analysed in this study.
resultsDifferences in mean birth weight in Swedish urban neighbourhoods were minor. However, gestational length, parity and maternal smoking acted as modifiers of the neighbourhood effects. Most of the observed variation in mean birth weight was explained by individual risk factors.
conclusionWelfare institutions and benefits in Sweden might buffer against negative infant outcomes due to adverse structural organisation of urban neighbourhoods.
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